Rating the rankings: Assessing international rankings of public service performance

International Public Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 298-328

  Hood, Christopher ^a   Dixon, Ruth ^a   Beeston, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 50149114716     PISSN: 10967494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10967490802301286     Document Type: Conference Paper

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